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Briggsville, Arkansas
Briggsville is an unincorporated community in Yell County, Arkansas, United States. Briggsville is located on Arkansas Highway 28, 12 miles (19 km) west-southwest of Plainview. Briggsville has a post office with ZIP code 72828.

In 2004 Alan Richard of Education Week wrote that the only notable features of Briggsville were the highway, some of its houses, and the Fourche Valley School.

Briggsville is the hometown of actor Jacob Lofland.

At a Democratic Party rally in Russellville, Arkansas in 1976, Bill Clinton spoke of "the breathtaking beauty of our Arkansas spring", and then listed several towns including Briggsville; "I know them all, and they are home to me because of you".

Education

First Lieutenant Daniel W. Melton was a soldier in the Civil War, and is interred at Mt. Zion Cemetery, Briggsville

Two Rivers School District serves the area. It operates two schools: Two Rivers Elementary School and Two Rivers High School.

Previously it was assigned to the Fourche Valley School, a K-12 school, operated by the Fourche Valley School District. On July 1, 2004, the Fourche Valley district merged into the Two Rivers district. The merged district continued to operate the Fourche Valley School until 2009, when the majority of the members of the district board voted to close it. Students were reassigned to Plainview-Rover Elementary School and Plainview-Rover High School. In 2010 the latter closed due to the opening of the consolidated Two Rivers High School, and the Plainview-Rover elementary consolidated into Two Rivers Elementary in 2012.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Briggsville, Arkansas
  2. ^ ZIP Code Lookup Archived September 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Richard, Alan (November 24, 2004). "Arranged Marriage: Newly Merged Districts Work to Make Combination Succeed". Education Week. Retrieved January 5, 2019. Fourche Valley School is the only real sign of the Briggsville community, except for a few houses and the winding highway with a mountain view.
  4. ^ Smith, Stephen A. (1996). The Guardian of the People's Interest. Stephen A. Smith. ISBN 9781557284402. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  5. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Yell County, AR" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved October 16, 2022. - 2010 map - Compare to the Arkansas Highway Map.
  6. ^ "State Highway Route and Section Map Yell County" (PDF). Arkansas Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 16, 2022. - Compare to the US Census Map.
  7. ^ "Faculty and Staff." Fourche Valley School. October 10, 2006. Retrieved on October 24, 2017.
  8. ^ "ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls Archived 2015-09-12 at the Wayback Machine." Arkansas Department of Education. Retrieved on October 21, 2017.
  9. ^ "Arkansas Cases Challenge School and District Consolidation". The Rural School and Community Trust. June 25, 2010. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  10. ^ "Parents seek halt in school closings; cite long bus rides". Arkansas Democrat Gazette. May 28, 2010. Archived from the original on September 17, 2010. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  11. ^ Zilk, Caroline (February 7, 2010). "Two become one: Two Rivers High School still set To open in fall". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Retrieved October 16, 2012.
  12. ^ "State Required Information." Plainview-Rover School District. April 14, 2013. Retrieved on October 24, 2017. See the "ACSIP Plans " section, note the years


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